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Ice Age: The Meltdown

Year:

2006

Duration:

91 min | Philippines:90 min (cut)

Genres:

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Awards:

6 wins & 14 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2006-03-31

Earnings

Budget: $80,000,000

Opening Weekend: $68,033,544 (USA) (2 April 2006)

Gross: $195,329,763 (USA) (3 September 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

John Leguizamo

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Jansen Panettiere

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ariel Winter

Gregory Romano

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ray Romano

Manny

Denis Leary

Diego

Seann William Scott

Crash

Josh Peck

Eddie

Queen Latifah

Ellie

Will Arnett

Lone Gunslinger Vulture

Jay Leno

Fast Tony

Chris Wedge

Scrat

Peter Ackerman

Dung Beetle Dad

Caitlin Rose Anderson

Glypto Boy Billy

Connor Anderson

Rhino Boy

Joseph Bologna

Mr. Start

Jack Crocicchia

Elk Boy

Peter DeSève

Condor Chick

Nicole DeFelice

Start Girl

Debi Derryberry

Diatryma Mom

Marshall Efron

Start Dad

Tom Fahn

Stu

Jason Fricchione

Molehog Grandpa

James Edmund Godwin

Traffic Vulture

George Jacobs

Beaver Dad

Clea Lewis

Female Mini Sloth

Brian Scott McFadden

Glyptodon

Matthew Romano

Start Boy 2

Stephen Root

Aardvark Dad

Carlos Saldanha

Dodo

Manoela Scarpa Saldanha

Molehog Kid 1

Sofia Scarpa Saldanha

Molehog Kid 2

Reyna Shaskan

Diego's Bird Girl

James Sie

Freaky Male

Cindy Slattery

Aardvark Mom

Mindy Sterling

Female Ox

Alex Sullivan

James

Renée Taylor

Mrs. Start

Alan Tudyk

Cholly

Emily Anderson

(voice)

Jack Angel

(voice)

Shane Baumel

(voice)

Bob Bergen

(voice)

Claudia Besso

(voice)

Kyle J. Bogert

(voice)

Rodger Bumpass

(voice)

Paul Butcher

(voice)

Blanca Camacho

(voice)

John Cygan

(voice)

Jennifer Darling

(voice)

Olivia DeLaurentis

(voice)

Harrison Fahn

(voice)

Bill Farmer

(voice)

Crispin Freeman

(voice)

Spencer Lacey Ganus

(voice)

Jess Harnell

(voice)

Tim Kirkpatrick

(voice)

David H. Kramer

(voice)

Sherry Lynn

(voice)

Danny Mann

(voice)

Laura Marano

(voice)

Madeleine Martin

(voice)

Matthew P. McCarthy

(voice)

Mickie McGowan

(voice)

Laraine Newman

(voice)

Jan Rabson

(voice)

Zack Shada

(voice)

Thomas Sharkey

(voice)

Ross Simanteris

(voice)

Rachel Diaz-Stand

(voice) (as Rachel Stand)

Did you know?

Trivia

Originally this film was set for a November 2005 release but was moved to March 2006, due to the events of Hurricane Katrina.

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The vultures in the film are Teratornis, prehistoric vultures that had 12 foot wingspans.

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The flashback in the movie was originally going to focus on Manny's conflict with his first family. However, Queen Latifah pitched the idea of the flashback in the film to center more on Ellie's origins.

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Goofs

Opossums have a lifespan of 2-4 years. In the scene where Ellie meets the opossum parent and two clinging offspring assumed to be Crash and Eddie, she is an infant. If our related mammals the elephants are any clue, Ellie could not have possibly reached adult maturity before age 18. Her opossum brothers should have been long gone.

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As with the first film, many of the animals shown did not live either in the same period or place.

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In the end, Sid and Diego see the tribal mini-sloths and speak to them. In the next scene when the herd of new mammoths enter the valley, the mini-sloths have completely disappeared.

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Quotes

Traffic Vulture: Do not leave your children unattended. All unattended children will be eaten.

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Manfred: You are so stubborn and hard-headed!

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Sid: He's coming around the corner, and he's up by a couple of fifths. He's ahead by a tusk! Oh, he's beating Diego! Diego's gonna go to the corner!

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Faq

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Ice Age: The Meltdown can be found here.

Is "Ice Age: The Meltdown" based on a book?

No. Ice Age: The Meltdown is the second computer-animated film in the Ice Age series, preceded by Ice Age (2002) and followed by Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009). The first movie was based on a story/screenplay by Michael J Wilson and Michael Berg. The screenplay for Ice Age: The Meltdown was written by Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow.

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